You can see it on the players and on the coaches. They have completely given up on the rest of the season. When a team that has given up over 400 rushing yards the last TWO GAMES before you play them AT HOME and all you can do is this? Yeah...no.

The injuries can only be blamed for so much. When Polian was fired in Indy after Manning was hurt for the season it exposed just how weak their roster was due to bad drafts and free agent signings. You look at our team and I'm sorry to say this but we have been completely exposed. We have zero depth and our offensive line is the worst in the NFL. There is not one person on that unit that deserves a starting job next season.

Our defense is just as bad. We get zero pressure year in and year out. We refuse to follow the trend that has been proven to confuse offenses and get pressure in a 3-4 defense. We put out the same tired rush four drop everyone else back in coverage and we.get.zero.pressure!

Massive changes are needed in the offseason. We've already swapped out both offensive and defensive coordinators under Smith. You can only do that so long before you look at the head coach.

Well we already got rid of our coordinators once. So the simple answer is to do it again! It was a nut hugging session of Mike Smith in the broadcast booth. And this board is NOT for even discussing the topic of getting rid of Smith so you may get some heat for even bringing it up.

There is only so much you can do in the draft. We are keeping Baker, Blaylock and Konz. We need a RG we can draft one or sign one. You don't take an RG high in the first round of the draft, so 2nd round maybe. At RT I think we stick with Johnson or Holmes. Holmes has improved a lot the last few weeks and will be solid depth on the line next year. Johnson will be cheap as long as his leg is healed. We will look at tackles in the draft but do we take one early in the 1st round or do we look at Clowney?

There will be a chance to trade out of the top 5, if we pick there. We don't need a QB and other teams will make a push to take one. Do we take Clowney? Osi will be back next year put a playmaker opposite him and they both will do well.

We need to purge the age though. Gonzo, Jackson, Asante all must go. Ryan has been spending a lot of plays looking at Gonzo when he should be spreading the ball around. He is so much better when he is doing that. Jackson has no burst left and Asante has no speed left.

If we take a playmaker DE in round 1 a RG in round 2 then an RB in round 3 we might be looking pretty good.

The team looks like they have quit, but that is an attitude thing not a draft more players kind of thing.

Things to remember about the offseason is who will be a free agent. Here's the list of our free agents after this season, their position, status, and age:

Jonathan Babineaux - DT - UFA - 32

Chase Coffman - TE - UFA - 27

Kevin Cone - WR - ERFA - 25

Drew Davis - WR - ERFA - 24

Patrick DiMarco - RB - RFA - 24

Dominique Franks - CB - UFA - 26

Omar Gaither - ILB, LB - UFA - 29

Joe Hawley - C - UFA - 25

Thomas Howard - LB - UFA - 30

Peria Jerry - DT - UFA - 29

Mike Johnson - RT, T - UFA - 26

Robert McClain - CB - RFA - 25

Corey Peters - DT - UFA - 25

Brian Robiskie - WR - UFA - 25

Jeremy Trueblood - RT, T - UFA - 30

Off this list, I think we can let almost all of them go. Keep Cone and Davis, they are going to be cheap resigns due to their status. McClain should be retained, as should either Peters or Babineaux. Personally, I think Hawley and Johnson will both be gone due to being unable to make it onto the field.

I agree that we should get rid of Samuel and Jackson at this point, and I'd add Nicholas and DeCoud to the list too. I think the biggest problem on our DL is the inside, our DTs suck and cannot get any pressure. I want us to go out and sign a proven DT like Melton from the Bears.

In the draft, I want us to go Matthews, Steen, and Jernigan in the first 3 rounds and picking up Wilder out of FSU or Hyde out of Ohio State.

I want to see what our younger DEs can do with better inside pressure and a better DL coach. If they still stink it up next season, then we should be able to find some DL help in the 2015 draft.

no offense drake, but damn aren't we sitting on almost 7 million in cap space this season, "in case of emergency"???? what the hell constitutes an emergency if our injuries in the first few weeks didn't?

I have been a TD and MS fan ever since. But I have to say, some of our personell choices have even an ignorant dude like me scratching my head. Reynolds was our backup RT for his first few years here, why is he playing RG, esp being so freaking pathetic at it......that's just one off the top of my head, I know there are tons more examples.

I want to see the Mike Smith from the DHall penalty days. He seems to have lost his fire, and it has apparently trickled downhill to the players.

at Firedawg, no one here will flame someone for making stating their legitimate opinion about the Falcons. The total BS stuff, that's different. none of that in OP's post. I agree, the injury excuse can only go so far. seattle today was playing with three of their five starting OLine out, and ran all over us. I know I said it in chat, but we've seen 6 years of preseason football to know that our backups always get their asses handed to them by the other teams backups

And spend the money on whom? There was no one out there worthwhile. Decoud isn't going anywhere. There isn't a FA FS out there that will be as cheap. Everyone on the team is having a bad year. Firing or cutting them all doesn't fix anything.

And spend the money on whom? There was no one out there worthwhile. Decoud isn't going anywhere. There isn't a FA FS out there that will be as cheap. Everyone on the team is having a bad year. Firing or cutting them all doesn't fix anything.

I understand that Jesus, really, but damn we didn't even bring in ANYBODY to look at, what good is a rainy day fund if you can't figure out how to use it in a fucking hurricane

I think we should trade JJ. He would bring in a ton of value. He's injured enough for it to not make much difference.

Love Julio but I agree. Unfortunately, we would only be able to do that if we had a new GM. I'd be all for trading Ryan as well, especially given this upcoming crop of QBs but that sure as hell isn't ever going to happen.

Ok guys, come on. Even IF we somewhat clean house, Ryan and Julio are untouchable. We just made Ryan a 100 million dollar man and Julio will get his payday. Yall are just being silly now.

said I would be for it, not that I thought it would ever happen. We have too much invested in JJ to ever trade him and I don't think Blank wants to admit that he fucked up on giving another QB a 100M contract. for better or for worse. those two guys will likely end their careers in Atlanta.

Jesus you guys are going over board now. Trade Ryan and Julio? That would set us back 3 years at the least. Right now, we need a new OL and DL. That's a 2 year project. We can get an above average to good RB in the 4th round or later, and we've got some impressive young receivers that just need proper coaching.

Let's put it this way, if we were to even consider trading either of the 2 key offensive cogs on our team, we would be dooming ourselves to being the new Jacksonville Jaguars.

I'd be ok for sucking for a year or two as long as it meant that our team was actually being built so that it is fundamentally sound. This "missing piece/build for next year" bullshit has entirely fucked us where it counts. We aren't going to fix this team's problems in one offseason. Hell, TD & Smith may not be able to fix this team's problems at all. hate to have 35-40M tied up in two guys, one of which in injury prone. And you can rest assured that TD is about to sign Spoon to a nice ass contract as well even though he is the definition of average.

If Jacksonville can get a halfway decent QB and a HC that isn't a retard they could turn things around in a hurry.